The Branch Davidians are a religious group originating from the Seventh-day Adventist church. In the 1930s, Victor Houteff claimed that he was God's new prophet for the church. His claims were not accepted and he left to form the Davidian Seventh-day Adventists. In 1959, a split of this movement formed the Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, headed initially by Ben Roden.

This highly controversial incident fueled the anti-government attitudes of Timothy McVeigh, and helped lead him to carry out the Oklahoma City bombing. The remaining Branch Davidians have since deprecated McVeigh's actions.

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